One Million Installs!

Published on 2025-09-18 by Stuart Spence

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Wow! How about that. Do I get a gold plaque from YouTube now? I still remember celebrating 100,000 in 2021:

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And if we really go back, 100 in 2019:

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I guess I like round numbers. If you haven't passed it yet, I recommend celebrating your one billion second birthday …

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Why I'm declining your AI generated MR

Published on 2025-08-26 by Stuart Spence

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Sometimes a merge request (MR) doesn't merit a code review (CR) because AI was used in a bad way that harms the team or the project. For example:

  1. Code deletion would improve the MR a lot.
  2. You don't know the basics of the language you submitted.
  3. Documentation spam.
  4. Blatantly inconsistent …

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Finding a Job: Build Something Real

Published on 2025-07-13 by Stuart Spence

I often see these questions online:

"I have no work experience. How do I get my first software job?"

"I got laid off with only have 2 years of experience. How do I get a software job?"

"What certs can help me get a software job?"

I'm a team lead …

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Empowering public servant managers with displacements

Published on 2024-09-22 by Stuart Spence

Sometimes my friends, family, colleagues, or online communities ask me this question:

"If you could wave a magic wand to make one change in public service, what would it be?"

I'd create a new tool for managers in government called "displacement". Here's how it works.

Disclaimer

The opinions here are …

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My three months vacation this summer

Published on 2024-08-02 by Stuart Spence

After some big disappointments at Environment Canada, I decided to take three months off in May, June, and July of 2024. Now that my time off is coming to a close I thought it would be nice to jot down all the nice ways I got to spend my time …

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Release 1.16: Garbs! Custom piece images.

Published on 2024-07-31 by Stuart Spence

Since 2018 I've heard thousands of feature request ideas. By far the most popular feature request is to share your own custom images for pieces. Well it's finally here! I've just released version 1.16 on Google Play and Steam. It should be available within a few days, starting with …

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